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Cyberpsychology
H-index 11

Cyberpsychology

1802-7962

Published by: Masaryk University

https://cyberpsychology.eu/index

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 615 45 47 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 52
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.868
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of psychosocial research?

Journal of psychosocial research was organized to reinforce research efforts on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Anxiety and Personality. Feeling is a focus of the Social psychology works in the journal. The Developmental psychology study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Coping (psychology).

  • Social psychology (39.90%)
  • Developmental psychology (22.52%)
  • Clinical psychology (14.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Consensual sexting among adolescents: Risk prevention through abstinence education or safer sexting? (172 citations)
  • Constructing the Self through the Photo selection - Visual Impression Management on Social Networking Websites (162 citations)
  • User Descriptions and Interpretations of Self-Presentation through Facebook Profile Images (144 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of psychosocial research:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Social psychology, The Internet, Developmental psychology, Internet privacy and Aggression. Many of the studies tackled in the journal articles connect Social psychology with a similar field of study like Social network. The Developmental psychology studies presented in the most cited articles encompass related topics like Self-esteem and Young adult and also examine its connection to subjects such as Age groups and Mobile phone.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of psychosocial research investigates studies in Clinical psychology, Social media, Association (psychology), Developmental psychology and Social psychology. In addition to Clinical psychology research, it aims to explore topics under Intervention (counseling), Addiction and Anxiety. The overlapping concepts between Scale (social sciences) and Eating attitudes, Social capital and Quality (business) are the key highlights of Social media study.

While Journal of psychosocial research focused on Association (psychology), it was also able to explore topics like Cognitive psychology, Human multitasking and Emotionality. The research on Developmental psychology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Negative association and Romance. Topics in Social psychology explored in Journal of psychosocial research were investigated in conjunction with research in Order (business) and Socioemotional selectivity theory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Loneliness is negatively related to Facebook network size, but not related to Facebook network structure (4 citations)
  • The effectiveness of prevention programs for problematic Internet use in adolescents and youths: A systematic review and meta-analysis (1 citations)
  • Correlations of online social network size with well-being and distress: A meta-analysis (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of psychosocial research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David Šmahel (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kristian Daneback (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Asoke Kumar Saha (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Archana Shukla (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sapna Verma (9 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of psychosocial research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Monash University Malaysia Campus (3 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Tübingen (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (3 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Arizona State University (2 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 67.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 54.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 27.27% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Two dimensions of problematic smartphone use mediate the relationship between fear of missing out and emotional well-being

    Nino Gugushvili;Karin Täht;Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Maris Raudlam

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Self-disclosure on social networks: More than a rational decision-making process

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • When you think you know: The effectiveness of restrictive mediation on parental awareness of cyberbullying experiences among children and adolescents

    Oksana Caivano;Karissa Leduc;Victoria Talwar

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Inspiration on social media: Applying an entertainment perspective to longitudinally explore mental health and well-being

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Problematic Internet Use Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Alfredo Zarco-Alpuente;Víctor Ciudad-Fernández;Rafael Ballester-Arnal;Joël Billieux

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Professional networking: Exploring differences between offline and online networking

    Lea Baumann;Sonja Utz

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Concern about appearance on Instagram and Facebook: Measurement and links with eating disorders

    Covadonga González-Nuevo;Marcelino Cuesta;José Muñiz

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Are online behaviors damaging our in-person connections? Passive versus active social media use on romantic relationships

    Selena I. Quiroz;Kristin D. Mickelson

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Mindfulness mediates relations between anxiety with problematic smartphone use severity

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Assessing the relationship between cyber and traditional forms of bullying and sexual harassment: Stepping stones or displacement?

    Glenn D. Walters;Dorothy L. Espelage

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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